AWS Contracts in the City of London

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring AWS skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited AWS over the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 13 9
Rank change year-on-year +1 -4 -5
Contract jobs citing AWS 254 228 491
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 14.46% 10.40% 13.47%
As % of the Cloud Services category 33.33% 26.57% 35.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 166 324
10th Percentile £413 £413 £463
25th Percentile £463 £487 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £555 £625
Median % change year-on-year -0.95% -11.16% +1.63%
75th Percentile £662 £688 £750
90th Percentile £724 £788 £857
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £625
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +0.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 6
10th Percentile - - £57.44
25th Percentile - - £79.89
Median hourly rate £100.00 - £84.09
75th Percentile - - £88.30
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £100.00 - £84.09

All Cloud Skills
City of London

AWS falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 762 858 1,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 43.39% 39.14% 38.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 490 612 934
10th Percentile £375 £363 £313
25th Percentile £460 £447 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £593
Median % change year-on-year - -7.17% +3.04%
75th Percentile £669 £671 £713
90th Percentile £750 £763 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £538 £575
% change year-on-year +2.33% -6.52% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 7
10th Percentile £24.66 £12.75 £44.75
25th Percentile £29.64 £14.88 £65.57
Median hourly rate £42.50 £22.50 £84.09
Median % change year-on-year +88.89% -73.24% +388.40%
75th Percentile £74.38 £26.19 £88.30
90th Percentile £135.00 £38.63 -
Central London median hourly rate £34.83 £22.50 £82.50
% change year-on-year +54.78% -72.73% +379.16%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing AWS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for AWS in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing AWS in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for AWS in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing AWS in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for AWS in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing AWS in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for AWS in the City of London

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Contract Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AWS within the City of London region over the 6 months to 3 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge - 1 - -
AWS
Central London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 15 (5.91%) Confluence
2 8 (3.15%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (1.97%) SharePoint
4 4 (1.57%) Apache Spark
5 3 (1.18%) Apache
6 2 (0.79%) Luigi
6 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.79%) nginx
7 1 (0.39%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.39%) BizTalk Server
7 1 (0.39%) Camunda
7 1 (0.39%) Jupyter
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.39%) SAS
7 1 (0.39%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.79%) Chatbot
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (0.39%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.39%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.39%) Sketch
3 1 (0.39%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (2.36%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.39%) Endur
3 1 (0.39%) Magento
3 1 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.39%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 85 (33.46%) Azure
2 44 (17.32%) GCP
3 33 (12.99%) Serverless
4 27 (10.63%) Amazon S3
5 26 (10.24%) AWS Lambda
6 19 (7.48%) GitHub
7 17 (6.69%) Amazon EKS
8 13 (5.12%) Amazon EC2
9 10 (3.94%) Amazon SQS
10 9 (3.54%) AWS CloudFormation
10 9 (3.54%) Entra ID
10 9 (3.54%) Microsoft 365
11 8 (3.15%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 8 (3.15%) GitHub Actions
12 7 (2.76%) Cloud Computing
12 7 (2.76%) Route 53
12 7 (2.76%) SaaS
13 6 (2.36%) CloudFront
13 6 (2.36%) IaaS
13 6 (2.36%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.33%) Firewall
2 8 (3.15%) VPN
3 7 (2.76%) DNS
4 4 (1.57%) DHCP
4 4 (1.57%) Modbus
4 4 (1.57%) MQTT
5 3 (1.18%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.79%) Internet
6 2 (0.79%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.39%) BGP
7 1 (0.39%) BIG-IP
7 1 (0.39%) Cisco Nexus
7 1 (0.39%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
7 1 (0.39%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
7 1 (0.39%) HTTP
7 1 (0.39%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.39%) Network Security
7 1 (0.39%) SAN
7 1 (0.39%) Wireless
7 1 (0.39%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 40 (15.75%) PostgreSQL
2 30 (11.81%) NoSQL
3 22 (8.66%) MongoDB
4 17 (6.69%) SQL Server
5 14 (5.51%) Amazon RDS
6 13 (5.12%) Redis
7 11 (4.33%) DocumentDB
8 9 (3.54%) DynamoDB
8 9 (3.54%) Relational Database
9 8 (3.15%) Amazon Athena
9 8 (3.15%) Amazon Aurora
10 7 (2.76%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (2.36%) MySQL
11 6 (2.36%) Tableau
12 5 (1.97%) Oracle Database
12 5 (1.97%) Power BI
13 4 (1.57%) Amazon Redshift
13 4 (1.57%) Big Data
13 4 (1.57%) Data Lake
13 4 (1.57%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 27 (10.63%) Jenkins
1 27 (10.63%) JIRA
2 25 (9.84%) Git
3 16 (6.30%) GitLab
4 15 (5.91%) SonarQube
5 8 (3.15%) Postman
5 8 (3.15%) Selenium
6 7 (2.76%) Maven
6 7 (2.76%) REST Assured
7 6 (2.36%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 6 (2.36%) JUnit
8 4 (1.57%) Bitbucket
8 4 (1.57%) Bitbucket Server
8 4 (1.57%) Gradle
8 4 (1.57%) IntelliJ
8 4 (1.57%) MSI
9 3 (1.18%) Cypress.io
9 3 (1.18%) ScriptRunner
9 3 (1.18%) TeamCity
10 2 (0.79%) Subversion
General
1 68 (26.77%) Finance
2 56 (22.05%) Social Skills
3 43 (16.93%) Banking
4 42 (16.54%) Public Sector
5 29 (11.42%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.72%) Retail
7 11 (4.33%) Investment Banking
8 10 (3.94%) Retail Banking
9 4 (1.57%) Corporate Banking
9 4 (1.57%) Front Office
10 3 (1.18%) Back Office
10 3 (1.18%) Financial Institution
10 3 (1.18%) Police
11 2 (0.79%) Military
11 2 (0.79%) Telecoms
12 1 (0.39%) Billing
12 1 (0.39%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.39%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.39%) Marketing
12 1 (0.39%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 67 (26.38%) Developer
2 42 (16.54%) Architect
3 39 (15.35%) Senior
4 25 (9.84%) Java Developer
5 23 (9.06%) Data Engineer
6 20 (7.87%) DevOps Engineer
7 19 (7.48%) Lead
8 17 (6.69%) Solutions Architect
9 16 (6.30%) AWS Engineer
9 16 (6.30%) SC Cleared Java Developer
10 13 (5.12%) Full-Stack Developer
11 11 (4.33%) Software Engineer
12 10 (3.94%) Python Engineer
13 9 (3.54%) Senior Developer
13 9 (3.54%) Technical Architect
14 8 (3.15%) Project Manager
15 7 (2.76%) Test Engineer
16 6 (2.36%) Security Architect
16 6 (2.36%) Senior Software Engineer
16 6 (2.36%) Senior Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (14.17%) React
2 31 (12.20%) Kafka
3 29 (11.42%) Spring
4 22 (8.66%) Spring Boot
5 20 (7.87%) Node.js
6 19 (7.48%) .NET
7 18 (7.09%) GraphQL
8 14 (5.51%) RESTful
9 13 (5.12%) REST
10 12 (4.72%) HTML
11 10 (3.94%) pytest
12 9 (3.54%) CSS
13 6 (2.36%) AngularJS
13 6 (2.36%) JPA
13 6 (2.36%) Web Services
14 5 (1.97%) Elastic Stack
15 4 (1.57%) Jest
15 4 (1.57%) JMS
15 4 (1.57%) JSON
16 3 (1.18%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 13 (5.12%) Cloud Native
2 10 (3.94%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.15%) Public Cloud
4 7 (2.76%) Derivative
5 5 (1.97%) Data Centre
5 5 (1.97%) Equities
5 5 (1.97%) Hybrid Cloud
5 5 (1.97%) Mobile App
5 5 (1.97%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
6 4 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
6 4 (1.57%) IoT
6 4 (1.57%) Mainframe
6 4 (1.57%) Product Ownership
6 4 (1.57%) Renewable Energy
7 3 (1.18%) Blockchain
7 3 (1.18%) Hedge funds
7 3 (1.18%) Replication
7 3 (1.18%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (8.66%) Linux
2 18 (7.09%) Windows
3 6 (2.36%) Unix
3 6 (2.36%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.57%) Android
5 3 (1.18%) Rocky
6 2 (0.79%) Apple iOS
6 2 (0.79%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.79%) Solaris
7 1 (0.39%) CentOS
7 1 (0.39%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (34.25%) DevOps
2 75 (29.53%) CI/CD
3 66 (25.98%) Agile
4 50 (19.69%) Microservices
5 46 (18.11%) Problem-Solving
6 34 (13.39%) Software Engineering
7 32 (12.60%) Infrastructure as Code
8 26 (10.24%) Containerisation
8 26 (10.24%) SOLID
9 25 (9.84%) Migration
10 23 (9.06%) Clean Code
11 20 (7.87%) Cloud Security
11 20 (7.87%) Full-Stack Development
12 19 (7.48%) Test Automation
13 18 (7.09%) API Development
14 17 (6.69%) Artificial Intelligence
15 15 (5.91%) Data Pipeline
15 15 (5.91%) Scrum
15 15 (5.91%) Stakeholder Management
15 15 (5.91%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 90 (35.43%) Python
2 55 (21.65%) SQL
3 51 (20.08%) Java
4 44 (17.32%) JavaScript
5 18 (7.09%) C#
6 14 (5.51%) PowerShell
7 12 (4.72%) Bash
8 11 (4.33%) TypeScript
9 6 (2.36%) Shell Script
10 5 (1.97%) Bicep
10 5 (1.97%) Go
10 5 (1.97%) Perl
10 5 (1.97%) PL/SQL
10 5 (1.97%) Ruby
11 4 (1.57%) C++
11 4 (1.57%) Groovy
11 4 (1.57%) Kotlin
11 4 (1.57%) T-SQL
12 3 (1.18%) DAML
12 3 (1.18%) Scala
Qualifications
1 74 (29.13%) Security Cleared
2 70 (27.56%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.69%) AWS Certified Developer
4 14 (5.51%) Degree
5 13 (5.12%) AWS Certification
6 8 (3.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 6 (2.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.97%) CISM
8 5 (1.97%) CISSP
9 4 (1.57%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 4 (1.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.57%) PMI Certification
9 4 (1.57%) PMP
10 3 (1.18%) AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
10 3 (1.18%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.18%) DV Cleared
11 1 (0.39%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
11 1 (0.39%) JNCIP
11 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.39%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (4.33%) GDPR
2 7 (2.76%) Data Quality
2 7 (2.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 6 (2.36%) NIST
4 5 (1.97%) QA
5 4 (1.57%) SOC 2
6 3 (1.18%) Accessibility
7 2 (0.79%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.79%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 2 (0.79%) Government Security Classifications
7 2 (0.79%) HIPAA
7 2 (0.79%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 1 (0.39%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.39%) PMO
8 1 (0.39%) SLA
8 1 (0.39%) WCAG
System Software
1 37 (14.57%) Docker
2 9 (3.54%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.57%) Virtual Machines
3 4 (1.57%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.18%) VMware ESXi
5 2 (0.79%) Lustre
6 1 (0.39%) Apache ZooKeeper
6 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
6 1 (0.39%) NFS
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle RAC
6 1 (0.39%) Platform Symphony
6 1 (0.39%) Veritas File System
6 1 (0.39%) Veritas Volume Manager
Systems Management
1 72 (28.35%) Kubernetes
2 51 (20.08%) Terraform
3 20 (7.87%) Ansible
4 8 (3.15%) Grafana
4 8 (3.15%) Prometheus
5 5 (1.97%) Progress Chef
6 4 (1.57%) Kibana
6 4 (1.57%) Puppet
6 4 (1.57%) SCCM
7 3 (1.18%) Consul
7 3 (1.18%) Control-M
7 3 (1.18%) Podman
8 2 (0.79%) Argo
8 2 (0.79%) Karpenter
8 2 (0.79%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (0.79%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.79%) QRadar
8 2 (0.79%) Tivoli
9 1 (0.39%) Cilium
9 1 (0.39%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 16 (6.30%) Microsoft
2 15 (5.91%) Oracle
3 10 (3.94%) Splunk
4 9 (3.54%) Google
5 6 (2.36%) CyberArk
5 6 (2.36%) VMware
6 5 (1.97%) Databricks
6 5 (1.97%) IBM
6 5 (1.97%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.57%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.18%) Adobe
8 3 (1.18%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.18%) Bloomberg
8 3 (1.18%) Cisco
8 3 (1.18%) Palo Alto
8 3 (1.18%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.79%) Apple
9 2 (0.79%) BT
9 2 (0.79%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.79%) Citrix